Section, primarily intended for the media, containing all ICRC news releases and operational bulletins from the field. The ICRC’s presence in conflict areas and insight into problems faced by victims makes it the essential reference on the humanitarian consequences of war. 1-7-2005
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2-7-2009 Operational update Pakistan: ICRC deploys in Dir and Buner and assists thousands of displaced
Following an initial round of assessments, the ICRC is working closely with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society and other partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to bring aid to tens of thousands of people affected by fighting in North-West Frontier Province.(News) |
29-6-2009 News release Gaza: 1.5 million people trapped in despair
Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) – Six months after the end of Israel's military operation in Gaza, the people living there find themselves unable to rebuild their lives and are sliding ever deeper into despair, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today.(News) |
26-6-2009 News release Landmines and explosive remnants of war: delivering on the promises to victims
Geneva/Oslo (ICRC) - Experts from countries worldwide affected by mines and explosive remnants of war met in Oslo, Norway, from 23 – 25 June to discuss how to improve the quality of life of victims of landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war in their countries.(News) |
25-6-2009 News release Iraq: ICRC assists bomb victims following Sadr City blast
Baghdad (ICRC) – Following yesterday's massive bomb explosion at the popular Muraidi market in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered one tonne of medical supplies and 120,000 litres of water to Al Imam Ali General Hospital in Baghdad, where most of the injured are being treated(News) |
23-6-2009 News release ICRC survey shows disturbing impact of hostilities on civilians
Geneva (ICRC) – War and armed violence take an alarming toll on civilians in conflict-affected countries across the globe, according to new findings published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday. The survey reveals that displacement, separation from family members and a lack of access to basic necessities are among people's most common experiences and biggest fears.(News) |
23-6-2009 News release South Africa: opening of the Red Cross exhibition "150 years of humanity"
Pretoria (ICRC) - Minister of Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan will officially open an art and photo exhibition entitled "150 years of humanity: the Red Cross in Action" on 24 June at the Old Woman's Jail, Constitution Hill, Pretoria. The exhibition is being hosted by the ICRC's Pretoria Regional Delegation.(News) |
18-6-2009 Event Events in Solferino, 23-27 June
From 23 June to 27 June, Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers from more than 150 countries will come together, in Solferino, to reflect on 150 years of action and to examine tomorrow's challenges.(News) |
18-6-2009 News release Pakistan: ICRC and Pakistan Red Crescent distribute food in Swat
Geneva/Islamabad – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) have begun distributing food to about 40,000 people in and near Mingora, the main town in the Swat valley. Yesterday, they handed out food to an initial 7,000 people.(News) |
17-6-2009 Hungary: Red Cross celebrations
Budapest (ICRC) – Direct participation in armed conflict, private security companies and prosecuting war crimes in domestic courts. These are a few of the topics at today’s panel discussion on current challenges to international humanitarian law (IHL), held at the Central European University in Budapest and attended by experts from Hungary, Switzerland and elsewhere. (News) |
17-6-2009 Operational update Pakistan: civilians in Swat short of everything
"The civilians who stayed behind in Swat during these last weeks have been mostly confined to their homes" says Gerry Robertson, the delegate in charge of the ICRC assistance programme in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). "They are short of everything and will need help until the situation stabilizes.(News) |
15-6-2009 News release Guinea: mass casualty evacuation exercise in Conakry
Conakry (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Red Cross Society of Guinea, the Guinean health ministry and community medical centres conducted an emergency plan activation exercise on 4 June. (News) |
12-6-2009 News release Azerbaijan: two nurses receive Florence Nightingale Medal
Baku (ICRC) – The delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Azerbaijan and the Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan are organizing a ceremony on 12 June to honour two nurses who have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal. (News) |
12-6-2009 News release Monaco: ICRC press prize awarded for the seventh time
Monaco/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) press prize has been awarded to the documentary Gaza – Sderot : chroniques d'avant-guerre (Gaza and Sderot – before the war came) presented at the 49th Monte Carlo Television Festival by ARTE France Développement.(News) |
10-6-2009 News release Central African Republic: ICRC staff member killed
Geneva/Bangui (ICRC) – A Central African staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been killed. Moctar Chaib died in the north-eastern town of Birao.
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9-6-2009 Operational update Pakistan: thousands need food, water and medical care
The security situation in Dir and Swat districts, in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), remains volatile. A curfew is still in place in Swat, where streets are almost empty and most shops remain closed. While the harvest season is almost over, very few people are tending their fields. The population still does not have access to electricity, water and telecommunications.(News) |
4-6-2009 News release Pakistan: ICRC and Pakistan Red Crescent substantially expanding operations
Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is stepping up its support for people affected by fighting in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The organization will work closely with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society and other partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.(News) |
4-6-2009 News release South Africa: celebrating Geneva Conventions' 60th anniversary
Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation will host the ninth annual regional seminar on the implementation of international humanitarian law in Pretoria from 9 to 12 June.(News) |
3-6-2009 News release Serbia / Kosovo: more progress needed to clarify fate of Kosovo missing
Belgrade (ICRC) – Authorities from Belgrade and Pristina have pledged to do more to address the problem of persons unaccounted for in connection with the events that took place in Kosovo between January 1998 and December 2000. The commitment was made during today's meeting in Belgrade of the working group on people unaccounted for in Kosovo, which is chaired by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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2-6-2009 News release Uganda: ICRC hands over two health centres
Kampala (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has finished rebuilding Lugore and Labworomor Health Centres, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda, which about 14,000 people depend on for health services. The head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gulu, Ynske Vandormael, today handed over the upgraded health facilities to the Gulu district chairperson. (News) |
31-5-2009 News release Pakistan: ICRC enters Swat, finds civilians’ situation dire
Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday assessed the humanitarian situation in parts of Pakistan’s Swat Valley for the first time since the onset of hostilities there. It also evacuated people in urgent need of medical care.(News) |
29-5-2009 Operational update Somalia: sharp deterioration in humanitarian situation
Dozens of people have been killed in the capital Mogadishu since the intensification of armed clashes at the beginning of the month. Hundreds have been wounded and thousands more have been forced to flee their homes.(News) |
28-5-2009 Operational update Sudan: seed multiplication and war surgery
In Darfur, the ICRC is distributing local seed varieties to stave off dependence on aid. In the south of the country, the ICRC's field surgical team recently flew to Nasir, in Upper Nile state, to perform urgent surgery on weapon-wounded patients.
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14-5-2009 News release Somalia: civilians trapped amid fighting in Mogadishu
Nairobi/Geneva (ICRC) – The ongoing armed clashes in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, have left dozens of people dead. Hundreds have been wounded and admitted to hospitals and other medical facilities in the past few days.
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13-5-2009 News release Pakistan: ICRC enters Buner for first time since onset of hostilities
Geneva / Peshawar (ICRC) – As fighting in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) continues unabated, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today entered Buner, one of the hardest-hit areas, for the first time since the onset of hostilities.(News) |
13-5-2009 News release Sri Lanka: third ICRC staff member killed in conflict area
Geneva/Colombo (ICRC) – A staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was killed by shrapnel today near Mullivaikal, in the coastal area held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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12-5-2009 News release Sri Lanka: fighting hinders further ICRC evacuations of severely wounded people
Colombo / Geneva (ICRC) – Heavy fighting made it impossible today for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to evacuate wounded and sick people and their accompanying relatives from the combat area in north-eastern Sri Lanka, and to deliver 25 metric tonnes of food for thousands of civilians stranded there.(News) |
12-5-2009 News release Gaza: fragments of border wall used to patch up water treatment plant
Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will inaugurate tomorrow, 13 May, the first phase of a project to upgrade a wastewater treatment plant in the southern Gaza town of Rafah. When the entire project is completed, the plant will treat 20,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day and serve 175,000 inhabitants.(News) |
12-5-2009 News release Chad: ICRC urges respect for international humanitarian law
N'Djamena/Geneva (ICRC) – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff have been mobilized to bring aid to civilian and military victims of the violent clashes that over the past few days have pitted government troops against fighters of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) in eastern Chad.(News) |
11-5-2009 News release Democratic Republic of the Congo: emergency aid for 675 victims of violence
in North Kivu
Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are today beginning to distribute emergency aid to 675 inhabitants of Butalongola, a village in North Kivu situated less than seven kilometres to the north of the southern Lubero city of Kanyabayonga.
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8-5-2009 TV news footage "Our world. Your move." 2009 campaign - video archive pack
This broadcast quality footage is a compilation of recent images illustrating the work of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement worldwide, namely the international Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the 186 National Societies active in their respective countries.(News) |
6-5-2009 News release Afghanistan: ICRC confirms dozens killed in air strikes
Kabul/Geneva (ICRC) – Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in air strikes on villages in Farah province on the evening of 4 May, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today.(News) |
5-5-2009 News release World's largest humanitarian network launches ambitious new campaign
Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) – Displacement, disease, increasing disasters, a lack of clean water, food shortages, rising violence, the separation of families, grinding poverty and escalating vulnerability are some of the frequent challenges faced by tens of millions of people worldwide affected by armed conflict, natural catastrophes, internal violence and climate change.
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4-5-2009 Operational update Democratic Republic of the Congo: humanitarian concern acute in southern Lubero
There have been many acts of violence committed against civilians since February in this part of North Kivu and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. The ICRC is distributing relief supplies to both the people who have been displaced and the residents of the places hosting them. It is working to improve their access to clean water and seeking to reunite members of families separated during the fighting.(News) |
4-5-2009 News release Our World – At War exhibit reveals hope in the midst of despair
Geneva/New York (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has teamed up with five of the world’s top war photographers to create a new exhibit called Our World – At War. It launches in New York, Geneva and more than 40 countries worldwide beginning on 8 May.(News) |
30-4-2009 News release Central African Republic: ICRC farm aid for village returnees
Bangui (ICRC) – Through its sub-delegations in Birao, Kaga-Bandoro and Paoua, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun distributing 35 tonnes of seed and various farming tools to some 13,000 residents of 40 villages in areas in the north of the country beset by armed conflict.
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30-4-2009 Operational update Sri Lanka: thousands of civilians still trapped
Thousands of civilians, including women, children and elderly people, many of them wounded and sick, remain trapped and at risk on a small area along the coast that had been declared a "no-fire zone" by the government.
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